Is there something defective with our money?
Yes, there is. We're whining and taking up their valuable profit making time.
You're not gonna jokey-rhyme your way out of this one.
Willow ,'Sleeper'
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DXMachina - Oct 21, 2003 8:27:58 am PDT #5383 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Kristen - Oct 21, 2003 9:47:41 am PDT #5384 of 10000
I don't understand that.
Well, to be fair, they did go further than most hosts would. But it's the law of diminishing returns. How many hours do you spend dealing with a single client before you start to consider them a liability?
Jesse - Oct 21, 2003 10:15:47 am PDT #5385 of 10000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
So, are we just doomed to wander the interweb? Seriously, what can we do at this point? Long-term?
Jesse - Oct 21, 2003 10:16:17 am PDT #5386 of 10000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Note: that is more of a general question, not just to Kristen.
Sean K - Oct 21, 2003 10:22:09 am PDT #5387 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I can see where the diminishing returns would get tiresome. I'm surprised that the help we need to sort this out is considered too much work, and surprised that they don't see how helping us solve the problem means less problems from us in the future, but I only see the what gets posted here, so I know I don't have a comlete view of the problem.
Surely there must be someplace that would not charge us stupid amounts of money to host us, and who would also help us to get our site running smoothly.
Tom Scola - Oct 21, 2003 10:23:39 am PDT #5388 of 10000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Frankly, that kind of speculation is way premature. Right now, it looks like there's a problem with one of Fangeek's servers. ita's test this evening will help verify that.
If it's a problem with one of their servers, then we get them to fix it, because they're not providing us with the level of service we're paying for. If they refuse to fix it, then we talk about leaving.
If it isn't a problem with their servers, then it's a problem with our code. We'll have to fix our code, regardless of whether or not they give us any assistance.
§ ita § - Oct 21, 2003 10:23:46 am PDT #5389 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
First off I want to shut the board down, and test connections on the command line, so our code isn't part of the issue.
Secondly, we start hunting for a host with higher limits.
Thirdly, which can be concurrent with secondly, the code gets reviewed again.
Kristen - Oct 21, 2003 10:42:03 am PDT #5390 of 10000
Tom, you do understand that Fangeek, meaning me, doesn't actually have access to the server?
Tom Scola - Oct 21, 2003 10:43:12 am PDT #5391 of 10000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Whoops, sorry. I meant our ISP when I said Fangeek.
Dana - Oct 21, 2003 11:28:13 am PDT #5392 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Have I mentioned recently that you guys are all awfully cool? I'm still stuck in the mindset of over a year ago, which is "Holy crap, we have our own board. These people started with nothing and they made an entire board." I live in awe.